How To Mount ISO image in Lubuntu 20.10 Linux [&& How To Unmount ISO]
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What is a .ISO file?
An optical disc image is a disk image that contains everything that would be written to an optical disc, disk sector by disc sector, including the optical disc file system.
Commands to mount:
# make a empty folder in media directory
mkdir /media/testfolder
# if needed make folder read/write
chmod 777 /media/testfolder
# mount iso file
mount /path/to/iso/file.iso /media/testfolder -o loop
Commands to Unmount:
# unmount
umount /media/testfolder
#if needed delete testfolder
rm -rf /media/testfolder
Here is a 60 second vide on how to do it: